Lub PGA ncig saib shuffles nws storylines los ntawm lub lim tiam rau ib lub lim tiam, muab peb sib txawv champions thiab tshiab tales qhia, uas ib txwm yog refreshing. Tab sis hom ntawv-wise, muaj ib tug tag nrho cov-dhau-paub sameness mus rau lub drumbeat.
Raws li nyob rau hauv, cia sib sau ua ke 132 los yog 156 zoo heev players, nyob ntawm seb lub sij hawm ntawm muaj nruab hnub nrig, thiab mus rau lawv mus rau tus thawj tee Thursday thaum sawv ntxov rau 72 qhov ntawm stroke-ua si sib tw. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws tau yeej.
Yog hais tias muaj yog ib tug thuam txog golf lub glorious rov qab mus rau lub Olympics tom qab ntau tshaj ib xyoo pua tau qhaj ntawv tas lub caij ntuj sov, nws koom rau hom: 72 qhov ntawm puav pheej kev ua si. Tib yam li ol ', tib ol' ...
Qhov no lub lim tiam tus Zurich Classic tau dared yuav txawv. Muaj tau cov kev sib tw golf nyob rau hauv New Orleans sib tam rau 1938, thaum lub Greater Tshiab Orleans Qhib tau staged ntawm City Park Golf kawg, tab sis mus rau sawv tawm los ntawm cov neeg coob coob nyob rau hauv no "Masters hangover" feem ntawm qhov ncig saib lub sij hawm, cov kev sib tw tau tsiv mus rau ib tug ob-txiv neej pab neeg hom.
Raws li ib tug tshwm sim, players yuav reinvigorated qhia thiab lwv, thiab cov kev sib tw tau infused nrog lub zog. Thos mus lub jazz band. Xav txog qhov no: Post-Masters, tsuas yog ib sab saum toj-15 neeg uas ua ntawv los ntawm lub Official ntiaj teb Golf qeb duas teed nws ntawm lub RBC cuab yeej cuab tam thiab Valero Texas Qhib (uas yog No. 15 Patrick Reed, leej twg ua si nyob rau hauv San Antonio). Tus tshiab-saib Zurich boasts rau ntawm lub ntiaj teb sab saum toj cuaj nyob rau hauv nws daim teb (Jason hnub, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler), thiab 13 ntawm lub sab saum toj 25.
"Cia li saib cov players ua si ua uas tsis tau ua si qhov kev tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lub dhau los lawm," PGA ncig saib tsoom fwv Jay Monahan hais tias. "Kuv xav tias ib pab neeg hom ntawv, pab neeg ua si, yog ib tug loj ib feem ntawm qhov kev ua si, nws yeej ib txwm tau. Koj saib ntawm lub Ryder khob, Thawj Tswj Hwm khob, ntiaj teb khob, Solheim khob, thiab nws yog ib yam dab tsi hauv lub players hlub mus koom nyob rau hauv.
"Lub peev xwm xaiv uas koj yuav mus ua si nrog, thiab rau lub lim tiam ntawd mus nrhiav txawv tshaj li lwm yam lub lim tiam, kuv xav hais tias nws yuav muab nthuav kom pom - yeej nthuav los saib - zoo li cas nyob rau Zurich Classic."
Sab saum toj tandems nyob rau hauv lub 80-pab teb muaj xws li hnub-Fowler, lub Olympic kub-nyiaj pairing ntawm Rose-Stenson thiab cov formidable Japanese pab neeg ntawm Matsuyama thiab Hideto Tanihara, uas ua ib tug zoo kawg li khiav ntawm tsis ntev los no WGC-Match Play. Jordan Spieth coj nyob rau khub Texan Ryan Palmer raws li ib tug khub. Bubba Watson thiab JB Holmes yog ib pab neeg, raws li yog cov Thawj Tswj Hwm khob pawg football koom tes Branden kev hlub thiab Louis Oosthuizen. Steve Stricker thiab Jerry Kelly - ua ke muaj hnub nyoog 100 - yuav koom rog. Brooks Koepka yuav pab rau nws tus kwv, Chase, uas twb tau sim mus khwv tau ib daim ntawv nyob rau hauv teb chaws Europe. Thiab ob peb paab yuav comprise kawm ntawv qib siab teammates, xws li Justin Thomas-Pib tawg paj Cauley (Alabama), Chris Kirk-Brendon Todd (Georgia) thiab Billy Horschel-Matt Txhua (Florida).
Teams yuav siv ib tug foursomes (lwm-txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv) hom nyob rau hauv Rounds 1 thiab 3, thiab zoo tshaj plaws-pob nyob rau hauv Rounds 2 thiab 4. Cov teb yuav raug muab txiav kom tsawg 35 teams thiab ties tom qab hnub Friday lub ua si. Nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv ntawm ib tug khi nram qab no 72 qhov, ib tug playoff yuav ensue ntawm lub 18th qhov siv lub zoo-pob hom.
Lub ncig saib tau ua 61 ob-neeg uas ua ntawv pab neeg txheej xwm nyob rau hauv nws cov keeb kwm tab sis tsis yog rau xyoo lawm, lub xeem ua qhov 1981 Walt Disney World National Team Championship yuav los ntawm Vance Heafner thiab Mike Holland.
Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd mus excitement hais txog ib tug tshiab hom ntawv, muaj yog ib tug zoo deal ntawm ceg txheem ntseeg lub lim tiam no nyob rau ntawm lub TPC Tshiab Orleans, ib yam nkaus thiab. Txhua winning pab neeg yuav tau qhab nia rau nrog ib tug hauj lwm PGA ncig saib yeej, ua haujlwm tau nyiaj ib ob-xyoo zam uas mus nrog nws. Winners kuj yuav tau txais 400 FedEx khob cov ntsiab lus apiece (splitting hauv lub niaj zaus qhia tawm ntawm thawj thiab thib ob qhov chaw) thiab txhua yuav khwv tau ib tug xya-daim duab payday: $ 1.022.400.
Lub champions kuj yuav tau txais ntawv caw tawm rau tom ntej no lub hli Players, Lub yim hli ntuj lub PGA Championship thiab Lub ib hlis ntuj lub SBS kev sib tw ntawm Champions ntawm Kapalua. Rau ib kev sib tw uas yog kom yuav tsum tau rooted nyob rau hauv ib tug ntau ntawm kev lom zem, muaj ib co tseem ceeb perks ntawm lub rooj.
"Muaj ib Rev ntawm cov khoom nyob rau ntawm lub ceg txheem ntseeg," hais tias Cameron Tringale, uas yuav pab tau nrog Patrick Rodgers, txhua tus uas tseem yog chasing uas elusive thawj Tour yeej. Tej zaum lawv yuav tau nws ua ke. "Koj xav kom yeej. Koj xav kom muaj kev lom zem, tab sis ua si zoo yog kev lom zem. Cia li slapping nws nyob ib ncig ntawm nrog ib tug phooj ywg thiab tsis ua si zoo, uas yuav tsis muaj kev lom zem rau kuv."
Fim nws: Qhov no yog ib tug tsaug tsaug zog lub sij hawm no ntawm lub xyoo nyob rau hauv qhov ncig saib lub sij hawm. Ib tug poj koob loj cia li qhwv, cov Players tseem yog ib tug ob peb lub lis piam tam sim ntawd thiab tom ntej no loj (US Qhib ntawm Erin toj) yog tsis mus txog rau thaum Lub rau hli ntuj. Mus rau sawv tawm, Zurich yuav tsum tau twv yuav ib yam dab tsi txawv.
"Kuv xav tias hais tias nws yog indisputable hais tias cov kev tshwm sim muaj loj nyob rau hauv lub xov tooj ntawm cov players, zoo players, thiab nws tau txais ib co uniqueness tam sim no nyob rau hauv nws lub tsev ua lag luam," Monahan hais tias. "Hopefully uas yuav yeej pab cov kev tshwm sim."